Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 84 50
Rank change year-on-year -36 -34 -6
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,210 1,808 3,363
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.90% 3.49% 4.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 3.81% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 811 1,006 2,717
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £71,991 £67,820
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% +6.15% -14.83%
75th Percentile £97,500 £91,991 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £64,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +5.47% -1.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,122 47,498 63,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.11% 91.58% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 30,201 22,816 49,001
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £41,024
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,751
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.62% -10.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -28 1,110 £77,500 +6.90% 589
London +9 633 £87,500 +2.94% 300
Work from Home -25 528 £75,000 +7.14% 376
UK excluding London -92 488 £70,000 +3.70% 399
North of England -42 216 £70,000 +3.70% 106
North West -18 114 £65,000 -7.14% 64
South East -104 86 £75,000 +11.11% 162
Yorkshire -32 82 £75,000 +10.29% 30
Midlands -30 62 £72,500 +11.54% 35
South West -58 57 £67,500 +3.85% 51
West Midlands +11 36 £72,500 +9.43% 23
East of England -2 34 £77,500 +34.78% 25
Scotland -72 26 £60,000 -17.17% 17
East Midlands -39 24 £68,000 +4.62% 12
North East -10 20 £70,000 +33.33% 12
Wales -8 6 £54,185 +22.19% 9
Northern Ireland -21 5 £62,500 +11.11% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 28 (2.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 27 (2.23%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (2.07%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.98%) Apache
5 22 (1.82%) Confluence
6 13 (1.07%) OpenStack
7 12 (0.99%) JBoss
8 11 (0.91%) WebSphere
9 10 (0.83%) CMS
10 7 (0.58%) Appian
10 7 (0.58%) IIS
11 5 (0.41%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.41%) nginx
12 3 (0.25%) Liferay
12 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.17%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.17%) SharePoint
14 1 (0.083%) Anypoint
14 1 (0.083%) Ethereum
14 1 (0.083%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 21 (1.74%) Maya
2 16 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 12 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.33%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.74%) Endur
3 9 (0.74%) SAP FS
4 6 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.25%) Shopify
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.083%) Actimize
7 1 (0.083%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.083%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.083%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.083%) Quorum
7 1 (0.083%) R3 Corda
7 1 (0.083%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 654 (54.05%) AWS
2 566 (46.78%) Azure
3 225 (18.60%) GCP
4 219 (18.10%) Serverless
5 168 (13.88%) SaaS
6 121 (10.00%) GitHub
7 114 (9.42%) Azure DevOps
8 91 (7.52%) Amazon EKS
9 90 (7.44%) AWS Lambda
10 89 (7.36%) Amazon S3
11 63 (5.21%) Amazon ECS
11 63 (5.21%) Amazon SQS
12 60 (4.96%) AWS CloudFormation
13 57 (4.71%) PaaS
14 52 (4.30%) GitHub Actions
15 39 (3.22%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (3.14%) IaaS
16 38 (3.14%) Power Platform
17 37 (3.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 33 (2.73%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.07%) HTTP
2 11 (0.91%) Broadband
3 9 (0.74%) AMQP
4 6 (0.50%) Internet
5 4 (0.33%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.33%) SNMP
5 4 (0.33%) WAN
6 3 (0.25%) Multicast
7 2 (0.17%) MQTT
7 2 (0.17%) SSL
8 1 (0.083%) DHCP
8 1 (0.083%) DNS
8 1 (0.083%) Hyperconnected
8 1 (0.083%) LTE
8 1 (0.083%) Network Security
8 1 (0.083%) TCAP
8 1 (0.083%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (14.21%) NoSQL
2 153 (12.64%) PostgreSQL
3 135 (11.16%) MongoDB
4 127 (10.50%) SQL Server
5 65 (5.37%) DynamoDB
6 59 (4.88%) Relational Database
7 47 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
7 47 (3.88%) MySQL
8 41 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 33 (2.73%) Redis
10 26 (2.15%) Big Data
11 23 (1.90%) Power BI
12 20 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
12 20 (1.65%) BigQuery
13 19 (1.57%) RDBMS
14 18 (1.49%) Tableau
15 17 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
16 14 (1.16%) DB2
17 12 (0.99%) Pinecone
18 10 (0.83%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 157 (12.98%) Git
2 114 (9.42%) Jenkins
3 57 (4.71%) GitLab
4 53 (4.38%) JIRA
5 40 (3.31%) JUnit
6 38 (3.14%) TeamCity
7 37 (3.06%) Selenium
8 36 (2.98%) Cucumber
9 26 (2.15%) Cypress.io
10 24 (1.98%) Mockito
11 22 (1.82%) Bitbucket
12 21 (1.74%) JMeter
13 18 (1.49%) CircleCI
14 17 (1.40%) Maven
14 17 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
15 12 (0.99%) Postman
16 10 (0.83%) Vite
17 9 (0.74%) REST Assured
18 8 (0.66%) git-flow
18 8 (0.66%) LoadRunner
General
1 361 (29.83%) Social Skills
2 360 (29.75%) Finance
3 133 (10.99%) Banking
4 112 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (9.26%) Law
5 72 (5.95%) Public Sector
6 58 (4.79%) Retail
7 51 (4.21%) Financial Institution
8 47 (3.88%) Games
9 41 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 41 (3.39%) Telecoms
10 38 (3.14%) Back Office
11 30 (2.48%) French Language
12 29 (2.40%) Dutch Language
13 25 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.82%) Billing
16 19 (1.57%) Legal
17 15 (1.24%) Advertising
18 14 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 409 (33.80%) Developer
2 306 (25.29%) Senior
3 239 (19.75%) Architect
4 223 (18.43%) Software Engineer
5 168 (13.88%) Lead
6 116 (9.59%) Solutions Architect
7 110 (9.09%) Senior Developer
8 102 (8.43%) Java Developer
9 98 (8.10%) Full-Stack Developer
10 92 (7.60%) .NET Developer
11 81 (6.69%) Senior Software Engineer
12 68 (5.62%) Java Engineer
13 49 (4.05%) Lead Developer
14 45 (3.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 43 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
16 42 (3.47%) Software Developer
17 40 (3.31%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 39 (3.22%) Java Software Engineer
18 39 (3.22%) Principal Engineer
19 37 (3.06%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 300 (24.79%) .NET
1 300 (24.79%) React
2 247 (20.41%) RESTful
3 213 (17.60%) Spring
4 209 (17.27%) REST
5 187 (15.45%) Spring Boot
6 179 (14.79%) Node.js
7 178 (14.71%) Kafka
8 133 (10.99%) AngularJS
9 114 (9.42%) .NET Core
10 82 (6.78%) HTML
11 71 (5.87%) .NET Framework
12 65 (5.37%) ASP.NET
13 60 (4.96%) Middleware
13 60 (4.96%) RabbitMQ
14 59 (4.88%) ASP.NET Web API
14 59 (4.88%) CSS
15 52 (4.30%) gRPC
16 50 (4.13%) Hibernate
17 48 (3.97%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 324 (26.78%) Cloud Native
2 186 (15.37%) Distributed Systems
3 135 (11.16%) Enterprise Software
4 104 (8.60%) Product Ownership
5 48 (3.97%) Greenfield Project
5 48 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
6 37 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (2.98%) Data Structures
8 32 (2.64%) Algorithms
9 29 (2.40%) Blockchain
9 29 (2.40%) Virtual Team
10 26 (2.15%) Distributed Architecture
11 24 (1.98%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.49%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.40%) Mobile App
14 16 (1.32%) Management Information System
15 15 (1.24%) Low-Code
15 15 (1.24%) Onboarding
16 14 (1.16%) IoT
17 12 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 51 (4.21%) Linux
2 21 (1.74%) Windows
3 20 (1.65%) Android
4 11 (0.91%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.41%) CentOS
5 5 (0.41%) Debian
5 5 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.41%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.083%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 577 (47.69%) CI/CD
2 567 (46.86%) Agile
3 497 (41.07%) DevOps
4 417 (34.46%) Software Engineering
5 309 (25.54%) Containerisation
6 293 (24.21%) Full-Stack Development
7 266 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
8 262 (21.65%) Mentoring
9 249 (20.58%) AI
10 225 (18.60%) Event-Driven
11 213 (17.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 196 (16.20%) Test Automation
13 194 (16.03%) Computer Science
14 158 (13.06%) Scrum
15 152 (12.56%) Roadmaps
15 152 (12.56%) TDD
15 152 (12.56%) Technical Leadership
16 140 (11.57%) Infrastructure as Code
17 138 (11.40%) Architectural Patterns
18 130 (10.74%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 416 (34.38%) Java
2 277 (22.89%) C#
2 277 (22.89%) Python
3 275 (22.73%) SQL
4 258 (21.32%) JavaScript
5 221 (18.26%) TypeScript
6 73 (6.03%) Go
7 30 (2.48%) PL/SQL
8 29 (2.40%) Shell Script
9 26 (2.15%) C++
9 26 (2.15%) PHP
10 25 (2.07%) Bash
11 24 (1.98%) C
12 20 (1.65%) Ruby
13 16 (1.32%) Kotlin
13 16 (1.32%) Scala
14 14 (1.16%) Rust
15 13 (1.07%) PowerShell
16 9 (0.74%) Bicep
17 6 (0.50%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 214 (17.69%) Degree
2 137 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 101 (8.35%) Security Cleared
4 73 (6.03%) SC Cleared
5 65 (5.37%) AWS Certification
6 54 (4.46%) Master's Degree
7 50 (4.13%) TOGAF Certification
8 45 (3.72%) Azure Certification
9 37 (3.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 33 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.07%) AWS Certified Developer
11 13 (1.07%) DV Cleared
12 11 (0.91%) CISSP
13 10 (0.83%) CISM
14 9 (0.74%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.74%) PMP
15 6 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.50%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 4 (0.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (6.45%) QA
2 23 (1.90%) Accessibility
2 23 (1.90%) GDPR
3 21 (1.74%) PCI DSS
4 16 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (0.91%) IFRS
5 11 (0.91%) NCSC
5 11 (0.91%) SLA
6 10 (0.83%) NIST
7 9 (0.74%) IFRS 17
7 9 (0.74%) Solvency II
8 8 (0.66%) EMIR
9 7 (0.58%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.33%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.33%) WCAG
11 3 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.25%) SEPA
12 2 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 363 (30.00%) Docker
2 14 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
5 1 (0.083%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 360 (29.75%) Kubernetes
2 207 (17.11%) Terraform
3 60 (4.96%) Grafana
4 46 (3.80%) Ansible
5 27 (2.23%) Kibana
6 20 (1.65%) Prometheus
7 18 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.16%) Argo
9 7 (0.58%) Puppet
10 4 (0.33%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.33%) Istio
10 4 (0.33%) Kubeflow
10 4 (0.33%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.25%) Rancher
12 2 (0.17%) Nagios
Vendors
1 170 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.12%) Oracle
3 36 (2.98%) Google
4 22 (1.82%) Guidewire
5 20 (1.65%) Salesforce
5 20 (1.65%) SAP
6 17 (1.40%) Dynatrace
6 17 (1.40%) OpenAI
6 17 (1.40%) Splunk
7 16 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
8 15 (1.24%) BiZZdesign
9 14 (1.16%) Software AG
10 13 (1.07%) MuleSoft
11 12 (0.99%) Atlassian
11 12 (0.99%) Duck Creek
12 11 (0.91%) IBM
12 11 (0.91%) Red Hat
13 10 (0.83%) Fortinet
13 10 (0.83%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.74%) Adobe